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Season 1

(1968)

Overview

60 Minutes' first season aired as a bi-weekly broadcast hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner, debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The first edition was described by Reasoner in the opening as a "kind of a magazine for television."

Cast

Episodes

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September 24, 1968

60 Minutes offers a beside-the-scenes look at presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their pa…

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October 8, 1968

An exclusive interview with Richard Nixon, the Republican Party candidate for president, a look at highlights from an o…

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October 22, 1968

An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an i…

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November 12, 1968

A look back at last week's election of Richard Nixon as President, a profile of NFL football star quarterback Joe Namat…

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November 26, 1968

An interview with former nun and current president of Webster College, Jacqueline Grennan, who left the Roman Catholic …

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December 10, 1968

An investigation into how sexual assaults are becoming more common in U.S. prisons,a look at cheating in football, shop…